Monitoring sub-weekly evolution of surface velocity and elevation for a high-latitude surging glacier using sentinel-2

Currently, the Sentinel-2 twin satellite constellation of the Copernicus program is in operational mode and generates high repeat acquisitions at high-latitudes during polar day. These pushbroom satellites have a large field-of-view and are therefore ideal for simultaneous extraction of glacier disp...

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Published in:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Main Authors: Altena, Bas, Haga, ON, Nuth, Christopher, Kääb, Andreas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications on behalf of The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2019
Subjects:
Negribreen
Svalbard
The Sentinel
glacier
Tidewater
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10852/76558
http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-79651
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W13-1723-2019
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Summary:Currently, the Sentinel-2 twin satellite constellation of the Copernicus program is in operational mode and generates high repeat acquisitions at high-latitudes during polar day. These pushbroom satellites have a large field-of-view and are therefore ideal for simultaneous extraction of glacier displacement and elevation data. In this study we showcase the capabilities of this system set-up by generating time-series of glacier flow and elevation change over Negribreen, a tidewater glacier in Svalbard which nowadays is in its surge phase.

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